Causes of elongated gestational sac

I don’t know if you know what a gestational sac is. Women who have been pregnant should know it better. A gestational sac is the most primitive placental tissue in the early stages of pregnancy. Therefore, the gestational sac is the first form of the baby's development, but as the baby grows, the gestational sac will gradually disappear. There is a saying that you can infer whether you are carrying a boy or a girl in your belly based on the shape and size of the gestational sac. So what is the reason why the gestational sac is slender?

What is the gestational sac? How to observe the gestational sac?

1. What is a gestational sac?

The gestational sac is the primitive placental tissue, a small embryo wrapped by the amniotic membrane and vascular network. The gestational sac is the initial form of pregnancy. At that time, the fetus has not yet formed, and the fetal heartbeat is already there when the embryonic bud appears. The gestational sac is also a product of ectopic pregnancy. The fertilized egg fails to enter the uterus at 7 days due to certain factors such as inflammation and adhesion. Ectopic pregnancy usually causes heavy bleeding, and generally the fetus cannot survive. The mother of the little baby was experiencing an intrauterine pregnancy, but due to poor development of the uterus, the gestational sac broke through the weak top of the uterus and entered the abdominal cavity. The villi around the gestational sac sought nutrients everywhere in the abdominal cavity and then supplied them to the fetus through the placenta. Usually, such a fetus will die within two months because it has no protection from the uterine environment and lives in an extremely harsh environment with poor nutrition.

2. How to observe the gestational sac

The gestational sac is only seen in early pregnancy. For women whose menstruation is regular every 28 to 30 days and whose gestational sac appears, the gestational sac can be seen in the uterine cavity by B-ultrasound 35 days after the menstruation stops. The diameter of the gestational sac is about 2 cm at 6 weeks of pregnancy and about 5 cm at 10 weeks of pregnancy. It is normal for the gestational sac to be located at the fundus, front wall, back wall, upper part, or middle part of the uterus; it is normal for it to be round, oval, and clear in shape; if the gestational sac is irregular in shape, blurred, and located in the lower part, and the pregnant woman also has abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding, she may have a miscarriage.

3. What is the shape of a normal gestational sac?

The gestational sac is only seen in early pregnancy. For women who have regular menstruation of 28 to 30 days, after 35 days of amenorrhea, the gestational sac can be seen in the uterine cavity by B-ultrasound. The diameter of the gestational sac is about 2 cm at 6 weeks of pregnancy and about 5 cm at 10 weeks of pregnancy. It is normal for the gestational sac to be located at the fundus, front wall, back wall, upper part, or middle part of the uterus.

It is normal for the gestational sac to be round, oval, and clear. If the gestational sac is irregular, blurred, and located in the lower part, and the pregnant woman also has abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding, she may have a miscarriage.

4. Beware of miscarriage if the gestational sac is thin and long

Experts say that we use B-ultrasound to detect the gestational sac to see whether the size of the gestational sac is consistent with the gestational age, whether the nutritional development is good, etc. The gestational sac is only seen in early pregnancy. The diameter of the gestational sac is about 2 cm at 6 weeks of pregnancy and about 5 cm at 10 weeks of pregnancy. "The normal shape of the gestational sac is approximately oval and full. If the shape of the gestational sac is abnormal, especially if it is elongated, and the pregnant woman also has abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding, be careful of miscarriage."